#tc phantom

if you got links you gotta have zeldas usually so here's ideas (epithet ideas sort of taken from @/pluviatrix but i think others had ideas too i just can't find them.)

Tri, Tre, Trois, Cly, Apri: Same era as Legend, so Fable. Also have Princess Styla

Rhythm, Skid, Yves, Trill: Tempo, or Zelda Aria

Shields: i mean going with the idea that the names should be parallels or counterparts or w/e... Spear? like the idea of "shield that can't be pierced" and "spear that can piece anything", they're opposites and do not get along that much. Alternatively Zelda Skjálf (one of Freyja's titles because she deserves it <3)(fun fact: i think the first time i heard about the shield and spear thing was in pokemon. i dunno what that says about me other than i watch "Ancient Family Matters" too much.)

Spoons: Same era as Hyrule, so Aurora and Dawn

Koridai: Gamelon, or Zelda Minerva

Peter Pancho III: peter pancho iii feels like he'd be pretty disconnected with any royal family business. like he's still the hero! just. not one that sticks around for long after his work is done. he's from the era of prosperity and really he's not that well known. anyway my thoughts are Gwendolyn, or Zelda Aiónia (yes it's just modern Greek for "evermore" because she's the first Zelda to be part of the "gotta name the princess "Zelda"" tradition. still connected to peter if you mess with her nickname)

Rus: Same era as Twilight (obviously), so Dusk

Holpar: okay so Holpar's named for a roadrunner (specifically from the chaparral birds nickname; can fly but usually doesn't), and it's not too long since the surface was established so like. bird-adjacent names are still the norm. genuinely my first thought was a penguin-themed name. my second thought was a chicken joke. Sakar, because i'd do a Peregrine Falcon name but that's Holpar's dark world form, whoops. No epithet this is just straight-up her name. it is also straight-up the name of the bird but if we can have Dot then this is fine.

Spirits: Phantom, or Zelda Herma. not that's she's particularly fond of the nickname. Zeli is only for Spirits to use.

Landon: N/A; there's just straight-up no Zelda in Nintendo Land.

[July 26th, 2022]

I'm not entirely settled on Phantom's design but this was also sort of the test run for Spirits's new design. I should also probably finish Spirit Tracks before doing a TON more design stuff with Phantom and Spirits but it's fine (。‿。 )

Some notes on Phantom in particular!

Ear cuffs are supposed to be reminiscent of Phantom Horns; possessing them so much means the lack of additional "weight" feels stranger now

b/c of the amount of swirly designs on phantoms (and for variety's sake) her hair is curlier now

>>> genuinely I still don't get why Wind Waker (as her "true" self), Spirit Tracks, and Minish Cap all use the EXACT same design. like i can sorta get ST!Zelda looking like WW!Zelda, that's her descendant, but Minish Cap has no reason. not even "oh it's the toon style" cause Four Swords has a different design!!

Feather/wing-like things that were behind her ears in OG design are now on belt

bigger/more complete crown cause she's gonna be crowned queen (no longer just a princess, oohh)

Somewhat regularly still has out of body experiences. Being separated from her body has severely messed her up. There are days when she has to be reassured that others can still see her and hear her and that she's not a ghost again, even if things feel numb and she feels like an outsider looking in at her own being.

>>> Paired with that, there's a permanent... emblazonment, really, on her back of the Hylian Crest: another holdover from her time possessing the armor. It serves as a constant reminder of what happened.

she also gets a vest because i feel like Pirate Queen Tetra would keep hers and it just becomes like. a thing in the following generations.